Scalped #23

Vertigo's gritty crime series set on a Native American reservation continues with "The Gravel in Your Guts — Part Three," written by Jason Aaron with art by R. M. Guéra. Jock's cover is a tight, unsettling close-up of a figure whose face is nearly obscured by a fistful of cash, a red utility knife, wire cutters, and other scattered tools — an image that radiates menace and desperation in equal measure. If this series hasn't found its way onto your radar yet, issue #23 makes a compelling case for why it should.